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The mailman finished his afternoon deliveries in an unassuming way, betraying no sign that anything out of the ordinary had occurred save for the blood on his uniform and the cut on his lip. Back at the post office, he was greeted with cries of disbelief: "Did you hear? Keith saved another life today." Such is a day in the life of Keith McVey, the postal worker with the bronzed skin and the alert blue eyes who can't walk down the street without being honked at by passing cars filled with his admirers — or, apparently, w...
U. S. Customs and Border Protection is holding a series of meetings, including one in Havre Thursday night, to seek public input on the environmental impacts of handling security on the U. S.-Canadian border. According to a press release from the federal agency, the input will be used for environmental impact statements to identify and assess potential impacts of ongoing and future activities to provide security on the border. The statements will be used to improve planning Cus tom and Bo rde r Protection's actions to meet...
BILLINGS — A tornado that ripped the roof off a sports arena in Billings, Sunday evening also tore apart a casino, bar and laundromat in the city's downtown area. The tornado also picked up the roof from an auto glass shop, then dumped it into a nearby creek. Nothing but the walls of the shop could be seen standing. The tornado struck Sunday at about 5 p.m. as a big storm system with golf ball-sized hail passed through the area, Trooper Toman Baukema of the Montana Highway Patrol said. After running through downtown's Main S...
While water levels have hit their highest mark in Beaver Creek in at least 10 years, if not more, the worst seems to be over, and the water levels seem to be dropping. Hill County Commission Chair Mike Wendland said this morning that the level of water coming into Beaver Creek Reservoir south of Havre finally seems to be going down. "So, we're hoping we're past the crest," he said. La t e snowstorms in the B e a r 's Paw Mountains followed by the recent warm we a t h e r has raised the level of Beaver Creek, inundating...
The annexation of roughly 100 outlying properties into Havre's borders is of f icial according to the stat e Department of Revenue, but a group of property owners is disputing the legality of the action and requesting a restraining order to halt the process. Securi ty Nat ional Propert ies Funding II LLC, the owner of Holiday Village Mall, Northern Borders LLC CP Properties LLC, David Clausen and Patrick Newton filed the class action suit in District Court Monday, with the Hill County and Havre government named as...
The number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week by the largest amount in three months. The surge is evidence of how volatile the job market remains, even as the economy grows. Applications for unemployment benefits rose to 471,000 last week, up by 25,000 from the prev i o u s we e k , t h e Labor Department said today. It was the first increase in five weeks and the biggest jump since a gain of 40,000 in February. The forecast had been for claims to fall by around 4,000 from the...
Authorities say a 9-year-old Lincoln boy who reported that two men tried to kidnap him at gunpoint as he rode his bike to school made the story up. Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton says the boy told deputies and a school counselor Wednesday he gave them false information. The sheriff says the boy was going through "personal issues" and won't be cited for making a false report to law enforcement officials. The boy told authorities he was riding his bike along Highway 200 at about 8 a.m. May 12 when two men in a...
If I had life to live over, I would buy a house across from a park in Havre! Recently I had the pleasure of spending many days across from Rotary Park on Beaver Creek Boulevard during the early warm spring days we had. I had countless joys looking out the window as I observed: a dad teaching his young daughter how to be catcher, batter, pitcher and outfielder as they played ball for well over an hour; a lady teaching her black Lab to obey commands; families playing on the swings and the wonderful train in the park; two boys...
Last week I rode the Iron Horse from Havre to Spokane to care for Antoinette, my 4-year old granddaughter, while her mom attended a conference. We had a great time exploring the walking trails and the playgrounds at Riverfront Park. She especially loved the giant Radio Flyer wagon slide and the fountains. I indulged her every whim. It was hard to say goodbye. But at 1:30 Saturday morning I boarded the Empire Builder, tucked myself into my roomy coach seat and closed my eyes to sleep what was left of the night. At first call...
Sydne Duvall, 91, longtime Phillips County resident passed away on May 15, at Valle Vista Manor in Lewistown, due to natural causes. Funeral services will be Friday, May 21, 2010, at 1 p.m., at the Little Rockies Christian Camp near Landusky, with burial following in the Landusky Cemetery. Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
This weekend may hold the last regular season tournament for the Havre High softball program, but the Blue Ponies still have quite a few things to cross off their to-do list. Friday and Saturday, the Central A Ponies (13-7, 7-2) will be in Laurel, where they will face four tough opponents. Friday they will face conference rivals the Lewistown Golden Eagles at 11:45 a.m. and the Sidney Eagles at 3 p. m. And on Saturday the Ponies will face the Laurel Locomotives at 9:45 a. m. and the Hardin Bulldogs 2 p.m. "Lewistown is of...
A process that has largely been devoid of public comment during months' worth of committee meetings exploded with comments during a Havre City Council meeting Monday. Council members, on the recommendation of both the Ordinance and Parks and Recreation committees, approved the first reading of an ordinance change to the section pertaining to alcohol in city parks at the April 5 meeting. The ordinance change allows alcohol in Pepin, Deaconess and Optimist parks with special permits. Alcohol is already allowed in the 6th...
Schools were closed and residents were given bottled water Monday in the northern Montana town of Malta after someone cut the wire fence around the city's water tanks. An official from the Public Works Department said someone cut the fence and crawled inside, then used a ladder to get out. Officials discovered the breach Sunday morning, but the Public Works Department can't determine if someone tampered with the water until testing is completed. Officials warned residents not to use tap water for drinking, bathing or cooking....
The latest reporting on our county's tax structure and who is actually paying those taxes is quite enlightening. Forty-eight percent of the residents in this county do not pay taxes, and as this report goes on to state, the remaining percentages pay for the other half. The other truth I haven't seen published is that of the remaining taxpayers, maybe 25 percent of those are government employees. The remaining percentage are the real taxpayers. Therefore it is very obvious to me: if you are a non-government employee and/or emp...
Janis Lee Vasecka, 78, died April 7, 2010, of complications due to a stroke she had suffered several years earlier. She was born in Melrose Park, Ill., to Helen and Harvey Munsterman. In 1951, while serving in the Women's Air Force, she met and married Edward G. Vasecka, Jr. At Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. They spent the next 27 years traveling around the United States and overseas while Ed continued his career in the Air Force. In 1964 they were stationed in Havre, and from then on they called Montana their home....
Kathryn Velk, 87, died Sunday morning at her home due to natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and a memorial service will be held at a later time. Memorials in Kathryn's honor may be made to St. Jude Thaddeus School or St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, 430 7th Ave., Havre, MT 59501. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Kathryn was born Oct. 22, 1922, in Kischinev, Romania, to Samuel and Helen (Butuk) Klenk. She was raised and educated in Romania and Austria. She obtained her...
Th e Supreme Court struck down a federal law this morning aimed at banning videos that show graphic violence against animals, saying it violates the right to free speech. The justices, voting 8-1, threw out the criminal conviction of Robert Stevens of Pittsville, Va., who was sentenced to three years in prison for videos he made about pit bull fights. The law was enacted in 1999 to limit Internet sales of socalled crush videos, which appeal to a certain sexual fetish by showing women crushing to death small animals with...
Spring football is all about improving. It's about improving your team, about improving as players, veterans and young players alike. And if the Sunday's Montana State University-Northern Spring Football Game was any indication, it looks as though the Lights certainly accomplished that this season. MSU-N wrapped up spring drills Sunday at Blue Pony Stadium with a 52- play scrimmage in which the Northern offense scored eight times on a veteran MSU-N defense. The Lights rang up 497 yards of offense on 9.6 yards per play. One...
People wishing to sell medical marijuana from vehicles or temporary locations will not be allowed to do so if the second reading of an ordinance banning their business is passed May 3. Havre City Council members voted unanimously in favor of the first of two readings of the ordinance that bans itinerant vendors from selling the drug, but does not ban other itinerant vendors. Many in the audience spoke against medical marijuana in general, leading to loud murmuring and at times the necessity for Mayor Tim Solomon to regain...
The rebuilding of U.S. Highway 2 from Havre to Harlem is a safety issue not an economic issue. Since Sen. Kitzenberg of Glasgow succeeded in stopping all reconstruction on this section of highway, several residents of Blaine County and elsewhere have been killed and seriously injured due to the present conditions of the highway. To ask the highway department for further study and delay of the 10-mile section planned for bid letting in 2010 is irresponsible. The Havre-to-Harlem stretch of Highway 2 has some of the oldest and...
Lorena Lynn Johnson, 32, died Monday,Jan. 18, 2010, at her home in Havre after suffering with brain cancer. Her wake service will be 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church with her funeral service 1 p.m. Friday at the St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Havre with Father Dale Yurkovic officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held immediately after the burial at the family home 225 19th Ave. NE in Havre. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holla...
Myrna Ruth Kirkeide Oen died on Jan. 16, 2010, at a Havre care center of natural causes. A memorial aervice will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, at the Van Orsdel United Methodist Church with Pastor Richard Rice officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church immediately after the service. Memorials in Myrna's honor may be made to the American Diabetes Association, the Alzheimer's Association or the Methodist VOUMC Memorial Fund. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home....
It was a rare Tuesday night matchup for the Havre High boys basketball team, and in a game that went down to the wire, it was the Blue Pony defense helping to ensure the win. Tuesday night the Central A Ponies played host to the Class 2B Malta Mustangs where the Ponies came away with the 55-51 win at the Havre high gymnasium. It was the second win over the Mustangs this season, but it didn't come easy for the Ponies. "We were talking as coaches," Havre High head coach Andy Smith said. "And we didn't expect anything less from...
More than two decades after parents dumped apples from children's lunch boxes because of concerns about a chemical applied to the fruit, most researchers agree the crop is safer although most of it still carries pesticide residue. Growers saw prices plunge after a 1989 television report led to widespread fears apples were coated in a cancer-causing chemical called Alar, used to enhance crunch and color. The public outcry led the government to ban some chemicals and increase oversight, while growers adopted new approaches to...
A judge who denied convicted murderer Barry Beach's petition for a hearing on what Beach calls new evidence in the case said he won't assign a new judge to the case. Beach, who is serving 100 years in prison for the 1979 murder of 17-yearold Kim Nees of Poplar, is seeking a new trial, arguing that testimony by others during a state board of Pardons and Parole hearing in 2007 connected a group of girls to the murder. However, the board called that testimony double and triple hearsay that would not have been admissible in...
